[Create PDF files] Tab


In the [PDF Merge] tab of the SkyPDF Utility,  multiple files will be converted to PDF files at once if there are compatible files.

(Ex.) If you output two Word files and one Excel file at once, three PDF files will be output.

Compatible files

Document and image files with the following extensions are compatible with conversion to PDF files. 

Document files  .doc / .docx / .xls / .xlsx / .ppt / .pptx / .vsd / .jtd / .txt
Text file extensions can be set separately.
Image files  .jpg / .jpeg / .jpe / .jp2 / .jfif / .bmp / .dib / .gif / .png / .tiff / .tif 
  • When an image file is converted to a PDF file, the driver settings of this product are not applied.
  • For Ichitaro files that are divided into multiple sheets in the same file, only the active sheet is output as a PDF file.
  • For Excel files (1 book) that are divided into multiple sheets in the same file, the entire book will be output as a PDF file. However, if the print quality (dpi value in [File] - [Page settings]) differs for each sheet, there are instances where midway through the outputting process, only the rightmost final sheet will be output as a PDF.
  • If bulk PDF output does not work well, convert the files to PDFs using other methods and then make adjustments using this tool's merge and split functions.

[Source Files] area

[Add] Select a PDF file from [Select file] to add the selected PDF file to the file list.
It is also able to drag and drop PDF files in the file list.
[Up] [Down] To change the order, press the [Up][Down] buttons.
[Sort] [...] When you press [...], you can configure the sorting of the file list.
When you press [Sort], the file list is sorted according to the settings made in [...].
[Remove] [Remove All] To remove a file from the file list, press the [Remove] button.
To remove all files from the file list, press the [Remove All] button.
[Clear] After converting to PDF file, when selecting a document in the Source Files list and then click [Clear], the document is treated as unconverted status.
[View] To view the selected file in the [Source Files], press the [View] button. Each software of the selected file will be run and the PDF file will be opened.

 

PDF files will be created one by one from the top of the file list.

[Specify Folder] area

Select a folder from [Browse] to target all compatible files directly under the selected folder for bulk PDF output.

When the [Convert files in subfolders to PDF] checkbox is checked, all compatible files in the specified folder will be converted.

The [Specify folder] area can be set at the same time as the [Specify bulk file] area.

After the files specified in the [Specify bulk file] area, the files specified in the [Specify folder] area will be output at once.

[The file extension for output as text] area

Specify the file extension for output as text except for “.txt”.

Use comma (,) to separate extensions.

If not specified (blank), text files with extensions other than .txt will not be converted.

e.g.).ini,.inf

If there is no “.” in the head of extension, fail to convert without warning.

[Output Folder] area

[Select an output directory] Press the Browse button and select an output directory.
[Same as source] The PDF files will be saved in the same directory as each source file in the file list.

[Output FileName] area

[Same name] The PDF files will be saved with the same name as each source file in the file list.
[Rename+Incremental No.] Rename the file name. The PDF files will be saved with the new name and incremental no.
The following characters cannot be used.
\ / : * ? " < >
[Incremental No.]
  • [None]
    No joint character like File1, File2, File3...
  • [Hyphen]
    Add a hyphen between file name and incremental number like File-1, File-2, File-3...
  • [Underline]
    Add an underline between file name and incremental number like File_1, File_2, File_3...

[Continue processing without stopping if any error occurs]

If an error occurs, the process will be interrupted, at which point processing of the remaining files will also be stopped.

Check this checkbox to continue the conversion process for the next file without stopping even if an error occurs.

The results of the process can be confirmed in the “Status” column of the file list.

[Output a PDF processing log]

Check this checkbox to create a log relating to PDF conversion.

You must specify an output destination from [Browse] when outputting a log.

The log file is constantly added, not particularly limited in size.

The log file name is fixed as “skyutil + date + .txt”, for example “skyutil20201117.txt”.

[Start]

Press the [Start] button to start processing.

The processing will be canceled pressing [Cancel] button and the created files will be left.

  • The files might be displayed as "Complete" if the [Cancel] button is pressed before converting.
  • A fault might be happened in a file name or a directory to output if there is a file to be a time-out.